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The Latest Breaking News from Mexico

Cartels, safe houses, and WhatsApp ransoms: US-Mexico migrant smuggling is now worth $13bn

Trump-era border shutdown helped drive rise in smuggling

The Independent UK

Ervil LeBaron: How a fundamentalist leader became known as the ‘Mormon Manson’

A new book investigates the 2019 killings of nine people with ties to the extended LeBaron family, Clémence Michallon reports, and delves into the LeBarons’ complicated history

The Independent UK

Inside the quest to recapture Mexican drug lord Caro Quintero

Since 1985, when US DEA agent, Kiki Camarena was killed, a task force has sought to capture the man accused of being involved in the death, now he’s behind bars once again. Kevin Sieff and Mary Beth Sheridan tell the story

The Independent UK

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Migrant Deaths Are a Feature—Not a Bug—of U.S. Immigration Policy

Governor Greg Abbott says he can make coming to the U.S. more miserable than being smuggled in the back of a tractor-trailer.

Texas Observer

Driven to distraction: the best film, music, games and more to prepare for a road trip

From a coming-of-age tale in rural Mexico to zen thoughts on London’s streets, our critics get their cultural motors running

The Guardian - UK

Mexico to temporarily occupy private land for Yucatan train project

Mexico will temporarily occupy private land in the eastern state of Quintana Roo order to complete a rail project that is one of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's top priorities, the government said in a weekend decree.

Reuters

Diana Kennedy, British food writer in Mexico, dies at 99

Diana Kennedy, a British-born food writer whose dedication to Mexico's culinary heritage helped popularize the richness of the national cuisine in the English-speaking world, has died. She was 99.

Reuters

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Over 200 mostly Guatemalan migrants found in Mexican warehouse

Mexican security officials detained more than 200 mostly Guatemalan migrants at a warehouse in central Mexico who were waiting to be smuggled northward, the government said on Sunday.

Reuters

A former bracero farmworker breaks his silence, recalling abuse and exploitation

LOS ANGELES — Crouching for up to 10 hours between the furrows of a Nebraska field, Fausto Ríos, 17, could trim and separate 70 beets in a single minute with a small hoe. But he paid a steep price.

Los Angeles Times

Chicago family creates sanctuaries for monarch butterflies, identified by global group as an endangered species

CHICAGO -- More than a dozen images of butterflies adorn the front of Claudia Galeno-Sanchez’s home in the Pilsen neighborhood. There are monarch butterflies spreading their wings and many other colorful ones sprinkled in between. The small house stands out from the tall buildings on the block.

Chicago Tribune

Taps have run dry in Monterrey, Mexico, where there is water for factories but not for residents

MONTERREY, MEXICO — Three months pregnant and queasy with morning sickness, Yasmin Acosta Ruiz pushed a cart laden with buckets of water through the scorching July heat. As she and her 7-year-old son eased the cart over a speed bump, water sloshed onto the pavement. They both winced.

Los Angeles Times

Horrifying moment Uber Eats driver is thrown off bridge in sickening road rage attack

The driver named Guillermo is seen being launched from the side of the road over a metal barrier in Mexico as his attacker stands and stares before quickly slamming his trunk closed and driving away

Irish Mirror

Horrifying moment Uber Eats driver is THROWN off bridge in sickening road rage attack

The driver named Guillermo is seen being launched from the side of the road over a metal barrier in Mexico as his attacker stands and stares before quickly slamming his trunk closed and driving away

Daily Mirror

Mexican telephone union back to work, government to mediate

About 30,000 workers at Mexico’s largest fixed-line telephone and internet company have agreed to go back to work while the government mediates a dispute over wages, pensions and benefits

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The Guardian - US

Mexico gives Tesla a dedicated lane at the border to speed up crossing into the US

The exclusive lane, at the remote checkpoint just north of Laredo, Texas, will be for suppliers only, not Tesla owners

InsideEVs

Tesla Has Its Own Lane At Texas-Mexico Border

The manufacturer was able to establish this special lane to help its suppliers from the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon.

The Independent UK

Two American tourists injured in crocodile attack at Mexico resort

The two men from Colorado received bite wounds and were given first aid at the scene

Reuters

Workers end two-day strike at Carlos Slim's Telmex in Mexico

A strike by workers at Mexican telecommunications firm Telmex, controlled by the family of tycoon Carlos Slim, will end on Friday after the union and the company reached a deal, the union said.

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Daily Mirror

Dani Alves takes leaf out of Man Utd stars' book as his next transfer is decided

Former Barcelona star Dani Alves has settled on his next club, moving to Mexico for the 2022-23 season, and he has followed the path of plenty of big names in making the switch

Reuters

Mexican official seeks 'open, frank,' dialogue with U.S. and Canada in energy dispute

Mexico's government will hold frank and open discussions to resolve a dispute with the United States and Canada over Mexican energy policies that they argue breaches a regional trade pact, a senior trade official said.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Shein Clothing Line Drops Maya Blouse as Mexico Complains

The fast-fashion online clothing seller Shein said Thursday it has dropped an embroidered floral blouse after the Mexican government complained it appropriated designs made for generations by Mayan women on Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula. The bold colored, heavily embroidered flowers and swirl patterns are normally used by Mayan women on loose-fitting,…

Tribune News Service

Editorial: DEA helped in Mexican drug lord’s capture even if AMLO is in denial

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador wants to take full credit for the recent capture of notorious drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero. But the signs point to some degree of cooperation between the U.S. and Mexican governments.

Tribune News Service

Westerners struggle to manage booming wild horse populations

Wild horses hold a special place in the mythos of the American West, with images of free-roaming herds of mustangs grazing on vast public rangelands. But for some communities in New Mexico, the reality tragically differs.

Reuters

Activists say Mexico not enforcing environmental laws related to Mayan Train project

Several environmental groups submitted a claim on Thursday saying "Mexico is failing to effectively enforce its environmental laws to assess the environmental impacts" related to Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's multibillion-dollar Mayan Train project.

Los Angeles Times

Dramatic NASA photos reveal Lake Mead water levels at lowest point since 1937

LOS ANGELES — Recent satellite images from NASA show the dramatic water loss that has occurred over the last 22 years at drought-stricken Lake Mead, the nation’s largest reservoir and a lifeline for California, neighboring states and Mexico.

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